Fertilizer-distributer.



GAHILL. FERTILIZER DISTRIBU'I'EE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1910.

Patented July 5, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHBBT 1.

D. GAHILL.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION IILBD APR. 26, 1910.

963,684. Patented July 5, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

THE uonms FETERS CO.,'WASH|NGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT ornion.

DANIEL CAI-IILL, OF KINGSBUBY, NEW YORK.

FERTILIZERr-DISTRIBUTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL OAHILL, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Kingsbury, in the county of Washington and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for distributing fertilizer, seed and the like; and an object of this invention is to provide a distributer of this class which will be simple in construction, relatively cheap in manufacture and most efficient in use.

Another object of this invention is to provide a distributer of this class having means for controlling the amount of material distributed.

A third object of this invention is to provide a distributer of this class having means for insuring free movement of the agitating or sifting vanes or blades.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my new distributer; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the distributor cans, a part of the side wall being broken away to show the interior construction; Fig. 3 is a section on the line AA of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section on the line B- B of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a detail in plan of the agitator-regulating means; and Fig. 6 is a detail showing in elevation what is shown in plan in Fig. 5.

In the preferred form of my invention, two cans aare employed. Each of these cans a is provided with metal straps Z), 0 bent into the form of loops. To each can is fastened a wooden hanger-bar (Z the lower end of which is fitted in the strap-loops b, c and is suitably held in the strap-loop b. The upper ends ofthese hanger-bars (Z are fastened to a pair of cross-bars e. A suitable sling f is provided and is connected by the straps g to the frame 72. consisting of the cross-bars e and hanger-bars d. The sling f and straps g constitute a suitable harness by which the frame 71, may be carried by the operator.

The can a is formed with a cylindrical side wall and is closed at its lower end by the bottom plate 2' which is formed with holes 7' (or is for-aminated). The vertical Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 26, 1910.

Patented July 5, 1910. Serial No. 557,688.

shaft it is mounted centrally in a can a and its lower end is journaled in the bottom plate 7'; Near its upper end, the shaft passes through and has a bearing in a crossbar at which extends centrally across the mouth of the can a and the ends of which are fastened thereto, as at a. To the inner face of the cylindrical side wall of the can a is fastened a number of hooks 0 which engage and support a hoop or ring of wire To the latter are fastened the outer ends of the spider-arms g, thereby forming a spider 1" through a hole 1* in the center of which passes the vertical shaft k. The spider r is stationary, since the shaft is is free to rotate in the hole 1". Adjusted above the bottom plate there is mounted fast upon the lower ends of the vertical shaft is a sifter or agitator s the blades or vanes 8 of which stop-lugs t, u when the vertical shaft 70 is oscillated.

The amount of fertilizer distributed will depend in a degree upon the angle through which the arms or vanes s are moved; and the top of the cross-bar m is suitably graduated at 00, to indicate the relative amounts of fertilizer distributed when the stop-lug u is adjusted. Each vertical shaft is is provided with a suitable handle y which is seized by the operator, in order to rock conveniently the shaft 7c.

The spider-arms q relieve the sifter arms s in a great measure from the weight of the superincumbent mass of fertilizer and thereby permit a free movement of the sifter s. The openings between the spiderarms (1 allow a sufliciently free flow f the fertilizer or other material which is to be distributed.

I claim:

1. In a distributer of the character described, the combination of a receptacle for the material to be distributed; said receptacle being formed with a foraminated bottom; an agitator-shaft rotatably mounted in said receptacle; an agitator mounted on said agitator-shaft directly above said foramitom; an agitator-shaft rotatably mounted in said receptacle; an agitator mounted on said agitator-shaft directly above said foraminated bottom; and means for controlling the angle through which said agitator-shaft may be turned,

3. In a distributer -of the, character described, the combination of a rece tacle for the material to be distributed, sai receptacle being formed with a foraminated bottom; a crossbar mounted on said receptacle; an agitator-shaft mounted in said receptacle and having a bearing in said cross-bar; an agitator mounted on said agitator-shaft directly above said foraminated bottom; a pin carried by said shaft; and stop-lugs carried by saidcross-bar for limiting the'movement of said pin and thereby the angular movement of said shaft.

4. In a distributer of the character described, the combination of a receptacle for the material to be distributed, said receptacle being formed with a foraminated bottom; a graduated cross-bar mounted on said receptacle; an agitator-shaft mounted in said receptacle and having a bearing in said cross-bar, said shaft being provided with an index-pin adapted to cooperate with the graduations' on said cross-bar; an a itator mounted on said agitatorshaft directly above said foraminated bottom;and stoplugs which are carried by said cross-bar for limiting the movement of said pin and one of which is adjustable to vary the permissible angular movement of said shaft.

5. In a 'distributer of the character described, the combination of a receptacle for the material to be distributed, said receptacle being formed with a foraminated bottom; an agitator-shaft rotatably mounted in said receptacle; devices for limiting the angular movement of said shaft; an agitator mounted on'said agitator-shaft directly above said foraminated bottom; and a stationary plate formed with openings and mounted in said receptacle between the mouth thereof and said agitator, said plate being adapted and designed to relieve the latter of part or the weight of the material, while permitting the free flow of'the same.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand at Hudson Falls, New York, this 23d day of April, 1910, in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

DANIEL CAI-IILL. Witnesses:

WILLOUGHBY L. SAWYER, JOHN E. SAWYER. 

